Objectives
International Symposium
The goals of the symposium are to (1) exchange
professional experiences and discuss problem
solving strategies in farming and rural systems
economics and biodiversity in the tropics, (2) to
improve and promote research and teaching cooperation and (3) to evaluate activities of the past
and intensify and establish new relations
DAAD Alumni Summer School 2009
on
Farming and Rural Systems
Economics and Biodiversity
in the Tropics
Participants
Scientists and managers in universities and
research centers from Africa, Middle East, Central
and South Asia, Southeast Asia and Latin America
as well as from European Universities and
institutions related to the tropics. This includes
Alumni from developing countries who did their PhD
in a German University and scientifically and
academically interested persons who deal with
issues in the developing world.
29 Sept – 4 Oct 2009
Content
Farming and Rural Systems Economics and
Biodiversity in the Tropics includes natural
resources availability and sustainable use, product
and input markets and rural infrastructure, living
standard of rural families and livelihood in rural
areas, and administrative regulations, policy
decision-making, credits, ownership, cultural
impacts.
Main topics
Systems concepts, integrating GIS and micro
level economics
Variation of the types of biodiversity under
different economic and administrative
environments
The relation between sustainable use of natural
resources and diversity in farming
Diversification in farms and risk
Farmers and markets: resources and biodiversity
Socio-economic impact analyses for future
strategies
University of Hohenheim, Germany
Department 490C, Prof. Dr. Werner Doppler
Fruwirthstr. 12, 70593 Stuttgart
Tel.: +49 (0) 711 - 459 22514
doppler@uni-hohenheim.de www.490c.uni-hohenheim.de
Monday September 28.2009:
Arriving of participants
Tuesday September 29, 2009
08.00 - 09.00 hrs Registration
09.00 - 09.15 hrs Anke Stahl; DAAD Headquarter, Bonn
Welcome address
09.15 - 09.30 hrs Werner Doppler, University Hohenheim
Farming and rural systems economics
and biodiversity in the tropics - setting the
frame of the Summer School
09.30 – 10.00 hrs Heinz-Peter Wolff, Germany
Socio-Economic assessment of natural
resources and biodiversity in the tropics
10.00 – 10.30 hrs Philipp Grundmann, Venezuela/Germany
The impact of institution economics on
farming and rural systems development
Coffee Break
11.00 - 11.30 hrs Krishna Bahadur K. C., Nepal
Integrating spatial and family analyses to
rural systems modeling and strategy
testing
11.30 - 12.00 hrs Funso Olajide (Adeola), Nigeria
Gender relation and food security in
developing countries
12.00 - 12.30 hrs Rosemary Atieno, Kenya
The impact of systems research in PhD
programmes on the development in the
tropics
Lunch Break
Wednesday September 30, 2009
Lunch Break
8.30 – 10.00 hrs
Coffee Break
10.30 – 12.00 hrs
14.00 – 15.30 hrs Lessons from Southeast Asia: Living
Coffee Break
standard and rural livelihood in mountain
16.00 – 17.30 hrs zones
Chairperson: Do Anh Tai, Vietnam
Nuchanata Mungkung, Thailand: Forest
and land use and biodiversity in Thailand
Iwan Rudiarto, Indonesia: Sustainable
land use concepts in mountain areas of
Java, Indonesia
Ngoc Lan Dinh, Vietnam: The impact of
living standard and livelihood concepts on
farming and rural systems development in
the Northern mountains of Vietnam
Discussion
Resource
Lunch Break
14.00 – 15.30 hrs
Coffee Break
16.00 – 17.30 hrs
On the occasion of the retirement of Werner Doppler
14.00 - 14.30 hrs
14.30 - 15.00 hrs
15.00 – 15.30 hrs
15.30 – 16.00 hrs
Werner Doppler, Hohenheim, Germany
Farming and rural systems philosophy –
history and future potential
Volker Hoffmann, Hohenheim, Germany
Teaching and research impacts of Werner
Doppler at the University of Hohenheim
Chinedum Nwajiuba, University of Imo
State, Nigeria: International impacts of
thirty years training, teaching and
research of Werner Doppler
Luigi Omodei Zorini, University of
Florence, Italy : European impacts on
associations, universities and EU
institutions
Welcome address of Hohenheim Rector
Hans-Peter Liebig
Address of Chinedum Nwajiuba ,
representing the 56 former PhD students
of Werner Doppler
Lessons from the Middle East: farming
and rural systems and water and land
resources use
Chairperson: Mohamad Majdalawi, Jordan
Mohamed Awad, Egypt: Impact
assessment of future development
strategies to improve natural resource
conservation and living standard
Ahmed Abu Shaban, Palestine: Water
resources management and its impact on
living standards of farming population:
evidence from the Middle East
Raid Albaquain, Jordan: Beduine ship
keeping systems in the Middle East
Amani Al Assaf, Jordan: The dynamics of
farming systems in marginal areas
Discussions
Thursday October 1, 2009
8.30 – 10.00 hrs
Welcome Party in Hohenheim Castle
17.00 – 19.00 hrs
Lessons from Africa: farming systems and
resource use and its relation to
biodiversity
Chairperson: Hamid Fakki, Sudan
Apolonius K. Katwijukye, Uganda:
conservation and biodiversity in Uganda
Elizabeth A. Kabura, Kenya: Farmers
extensions and online marketing in Kenya
Timothy Sulo, Kenya: Constraints to
passion fruits production in the north rift
region of Kenya
Discussions
Coffee Break
10.30 – 12.00 hrs
Lessons from Central and South Asia:
farming and rural development and
consequences on biodiversity
Chairperson: Krishna, K.C., Nepal
Umidjan Nazarkulov, Uzbekistan:
Development of private farms in the
transition process of the agricultural sector
in Uzbekistan
Nune Kachatryan, Armenia: Potentials of
meat production in Buryat Republic,
Russia
Gopal Datt Bhatta, Nepal: Bio-farming and
marketing in Nepal
Discussions
Guided Poster Session
Chairperson: Suwanna Praneetvatakul,
Thailand
Friday October 2, 2009
8.30 – 10.00 hrs
Coffee Break
10.30 – 12.00 hrs
Lessons from Latin America: Amazon
forest and savannah development
Chairperson: Philipp Grundmann,
Venezuela
Marcos A. dos Reys, Brazil: Farming and
rural systems analysis – extension
activities and academic training at Santa
Rosa City, Brazil
Marcus V.A. Finco, Brazil: Bioenergy
Economics: an analysis of biodiesel
production in the Brazilian savannah
Discussion
Lunch Break
14.00 – 15.30 hrs
Plenary session: presentation of
conclusions by chairpersons of sessions
and discussion
Chairperson: Chinedum Nwajiuba, Nigeria
Summarizing results: Krishna K.C., Nepal
Closing remarks: Werner Doppler
Saturday October 3, 2009 (public holiday in Germany)
Visiting tour
Sunday October 4, 2009 Free day, Evening: Barbecue
Monday October 5, 2009 Travel to Hamburg, Tropical Day